1. Syrian who was a Christian bishop and Patriarch of Constantinople in the early fifth century; one of the major heresies concerning the doctrine of the hypostasis of Christ was named after him (died in 451);
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Nestorius
n 1: Syrian who was a Christian bishop and Patriarch of
Constantinople in the early fifth century; one of the major
heresies concerning the doctrine of the hypostasis of
Christ was named after him (died in 451)